γ-Tubulin reorganization during mouse fertilization and early development

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gamma-Tubulin, a component of spindle pole bodies in fungal cells and pericentriolar material in vertebrate cells, is thought to play a role in the nucleation of microtubule growth and to define their polarity. In contrast to the adult somatic cells, microtubules are nucleated in the absence of centrioles in mammalian oocytes and early embryos. By studying acentriolar mouse oocytes and their early development...

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